Lessoon Nane-Jeig as Kiare Feed: Ec y Scoill
Lesson Ninety-One: At School
nane-jeig as kiare feed (NAAN-jegg-azz-KAYR-feed) - ninety-one ('eleven
and four twenties')
Co-loayrtys
Ealish: Cre ny cooishyn-scoill s'mie lesh Breeshey?
Catreeney: S'mie lhee y chooid smoo jeu. Agh cha mie lhee goll snaue.
Ealish: S'mie lhee Baarle, maddaght as sheanse?
Catreeney: S'mie lhee. S'mie lhee Gaelg neesht.
cooish (koosh) - case, cause; subject
cooishyn-scoill (KOOSH-un-SKOLL) - school subjects
The word 'cooish') will be more familiar to some people in the context of having 'tey
as cooish' ('tea and a gossip').
Note that 'Cre ny cooishyn-scoill?' (KRA-na-KOOSH-un-SKOLL) means 'Which school subjects?'
lhee (l'yee) - with her
s'mie lhee (smy-l'yee) - she likes ('is good with her')
cha mie lhee (ha-MY-l'yee) - she doesn't like ('not good with her')
cooid (koodj) - goods, merchandise
smoo (smoo) - more, most
jeu (ja-oo/jow) - of them
'y chooid smoo jeu' (a-khoodj-SMOO-jow) is a set phrase which means 'most of them'
and usually has nothing to do with 'goods'.
snaue (SNAA-oo) - swimming
Baarle (berl) - English language
maddaght (MATH-akht) - mathematics
sheanse (SHEE-anss) - science
Gaelg (gillg) - Manx language
neesht (n'yiss) - also
As in other Celtic languages, one word forms of prepositions plus personal pronouns
are a central feature of Manx. These are used in idioms, such as:
lhiam (l'yamm) - with-me: s'mie lhiam - I like ('is good with-me')
lesh (lesh) - with-him: s'mie lesh - he likes ('is good with-him')
lhien (l'yinn) - with-us: s'mie lhien - we like ('is good with-us')
lhieu (L'YAA-oo)-with-them: s'mie lhieu - they like ('is good with-them')